Census for Ireland for the Year 1911 - IPUMS Subset

Ireland, 1911

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IRL_1911_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

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The National Archives of Ireland, IPUMS

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Language (IE1911A_LANG)

Data file: IRL1911_PHC-P-H

Overview

Type: Discrete

Start: 458

End: 459

Width: 2

Range: -

Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Literal question

<span class="em">Irish language</span><div class="i1">Write the word Irish in this column opposite the name of each person who speaks Irish only, and the words Irish and English opposite the names of those who can speak both languages. In other cases no entry should be made in this column.<br />[] Irish<br />[] Irish and English</div>

Categories

Value	Category
01	English
02	Irish
03	Irish and English
05	Welsh and English
06	Scottish
07	Scottish and English
08	French
09	French and English
10	German
11	German and English
13	Norwegian and English
14	Italian
15	Italian and English
16	Other
17	Other and English
97	Cannot speak
99	Unknown

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

This variable indicates the language or languages spoken by the person.

Universe

Ireland 1911: All persons

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Concept

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